You want to look up the appropriate dietary reference intakes values for a client. The characteristic that is not needed to determine this value is the client's level of physical activity. Dietary reference intakes are the general word for a set of position values used to design and evaluate nutrient consumption of healthy people. These values which differ by age and gender comprises suggested dietary allowance or RDA which is the average daily level of intake sufficient to encounter the nutrient desires of approximately all 97%-98% healthy people. In addition to nutrition and health, food labels must state the contents of sodium nutrients stated as a percentage of the daily values.